Health Officer

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey (R) issued several executive orders that eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from state universities and allow for religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements.

An Illinois hospital system issued a mask mandate due to "widespread respiratory illnesses."

An adult in Los Angeles County has been confirmed as the area's first human case of bird flu.

The Queensland government announced Monday that hundreds of virus samples, including dangerous pathogens like Hendra, Lyssavirus, and Hantavirus, are missing from a state laboratory.

Sonoma County, California, announced that it will re-implement a mask mandate for health care workers beginning November 18.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security after a Chinese illegal immigrant with severe illness was transported through the state's detention centers without medical isolation.

A no-contact advisory has been issued for the Kalamazoo River following Pfizer's chemical spill.

Health officials in northern California have reported a “cluster of fentanyl overdoses” for the last half of February.

Health officials in Oregon have confirmed a case of the bubonic plague in the state, believed to be contracted through contact with an infected...

Hospitals across the United States have begun implementing mask mandates amid an increase in respiratory infections.